MDP 06, 4998

~3000 BCE·Uruk Period·P272826

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P272826.

Why it matters

Transliteration

[...] , [...] 2(N39B) 1(N24)
M347#? M370#? |M347+X|? x [...] , [...]
[...] , [...] 1(N39B)
M010~2 , 4(N14) 5(N1@b)
M195~d [...] x x x M288# , 2(N34)# 1(N45) 2(N39B) 1(N24)
M066~a M352~n#? [...] M288 , 2(N34) 2(N45) 7(N14) 3(N01) 2(N39B)#
[...] |M195+M038~a|#? M388 M352~n#? M301 M057~a M288#? , [...]
x M387~c M006 x , 4(N14)#? n(N01)# [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Proto-Elamite (ca. 3100-2900 BC)) — MDP 06, 4998. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P272826) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P272826..

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